WTTW Channel 11, Window to the World Communications
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Grants
33
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Total Awarded
$13,327,500
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Years
1979 - 2024
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Categories
Grants
2024 (3 years)
$165,000
The mission of Window to the World Communications (WTTW) is to engage audiences by entertaining, inspiring, educating, and reflecting a diversity of perspectives. As the affiliate of the Public Broadcasting System (PBS) in Chicago, WTTW’s programming reaches more than 1.9 million viewers each month in Chicago, northern Illinois, and portions of Indiana, Michigan, and Wisconsin. Programming includes a range of locally produced content, recurring series, and standalone projects offered via broadcast, live stream, on-demand, and on the PBS app. WTTW’s flagship program, Chicago Tonight, is a source for local stories on education, politics, technology, and the arts. Affiliated programs, Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices and Chicago Tonight: Black Voices, cover topics such as the arts, entrepreneurship, equity, and justice. This award provides general operating support to WTTW in the Culture, Equity, and the Arts area of the Chicago Commitment strategy.
2022 ( 5 months)
$2,500
Window to the World Communications (WTTW) is a nonprofit public media organization that creates and presents television and digital media content for viewers of all ages. With this award for professional development, WTTW staff engages in training in Oracle NetSuite computer software.
2021 (3 years)
$150,000
Window to the World Communications (WTTW) is a nonprofit public media organization that creates and presents television and digital media content for viewers of all ages. Programming is offered online and across five broadcast television channels—WTTW11, WTTW Prime, WTTW Create/WTTW World, WTTW Kids 24/7, and FNX (First Nations Experience). It presents the national PBS television lineup in addition to local productions focused on public affairs, history, and culture. This award provides general operating support to WTTW as part of the Foundation’s Culture, Equity, and the Arts program.
2016 (5 years)
$625,000
Window to the World Communications, Inc. (WTTW) is a cultural information, education, and entertainment resource that offers programs on four channels: WTTW11, WTTWPrime, Create (a how-to channel), and V-me (Spanish language channel). Its programs feature local, national, and international arts, nature, science, and public affairs; they also include extensive children’s programs that reach an average of 35,000 young viewers a day. Chicago’s largest public television station, WTTW produces more original local programming than any other public television station in the country. WTTW reaches a diverse audience of 3.5 million per month across a four-state region and is among the most highly rated public television stations. The organization also operates a website, www.wttw.com, where it offers access to its programs and expanded content. Over the next five years, the organization will focus on creating new content and expanding outreach to viewers. This award recommends new general operating support to WTTW.
2014 (2 years)
$150,000
WTTW Channel 11 Window to the World Communications will produce Count Me In, a documentary directed by Ines Sommer that examines participatory budgeting in Chicago, the first U.S. city to adopt the practice. Working in collaboration with elected officials, the process allows residents to propose and cast a binding vote for publicly funded projects in their community. The documentary follows ordinary Chicagoans who take part in the process to explore themes of governance, citizen participation, and the possibilities and limits of this form of direct democracy.
2014 (2 years)
$50,000
In support of an artistic exchange with New Zealand. The product of the exchange is an original 13-part radio series of documentaries and podcasts that explore the influence of indigenous cultures and folk traditions on classical and contemporary music.
2010 (2 years)
$500,000
In support of the Chicago News Cooperative (over two years).
2010 (2 years)
$500,000
In support of the Chicago News Cooperative (over two years).
2002 (2 years)
$500,000
To support the Campaign for Network Chicago, to fund facilities and special projects (over two years).
2001 (1 year)
$75,000
To expand coverage of youth arts, arts education, and community arts on "Artbeat Chicago."
2000 ( 6 months)
$75,000
To expand coverage of youth arts, arts education, and community arts on "ArtBeat Chicago."
2000 ( 6 months)
$75,000
To expand coverage of youth arts, arts education, and community arts on "ArtBeat Chicago."
1993 (3 years)
$75,000
In support of general operations (over three years).
1991 (1 year)
$150,000
In support of general operations (over three years).
1990 (1 year)
$15,000
To support "Just Plain Hardworking," a documentary on the making of 10 busts.
1989 (1 year 1 month)
$2,500,000
To support programs produced by Bill Moyers (over three years).
1988 (2 years)
$225,000
In support of general operations (over three years).
1986 (1 year)
$150,000
In support of general operations (over two years).
1985 (4 years 1 month)
$2,000,000
To support a revenue enhancement fund to explore opportunities to achieve a greater level of income self-sufficiency.
1985 (1 year)
$25,000
To support local broadcast of the series "The Brain."
1984 (1 year)
$150,000
In support of general operations (over two years).
1983 (1 year)
$75,000
In support of general operations (over two years).
1982 (1 year)
$75,000
In support of general operations (over two years).
1981 (1 year)
$50,000
In support of general operations.
1980 (1 year)
$65,000
In support of general operations.
1979 (1 year)
$65,000
In support of general operations.
